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Baars, Gerard J. A.; Schmidt, Henk G.; Hermus, Peter; van der Molen, Henk T.; Arnold, Ivo J. M.; Smeets, Guus – European Journal of Higher Education, 2023
In higher education, many students do not complete their studies within the term allotted. A Dutch university implemented an intervention aimed to reduce this form of academic procrastination. The intervention consisted of three measures: (1) requiring students to acquire all first-year credits within their first year in university, (2) reducing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Time Management, Time to Degree
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Sweety Shah; Neha Mehta; Anitha Sunil – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2025
The use of information technologies has increased significantly in developing countries like India. Many educational institutes have adopted information and communication technology for academic and administration purposes. While technological devices on college campuses are ubiquitous, students' readiness for E-learning in India has yet to be…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Readiness
Tomasz Handler; Aneta Bonikowska; Marc Frenette – Statistics Canada, 2024
It is well documented that earnings vary considerably by population group (White, Black, Latin American, etc.). One of the possible reasons may be the fact that educational attainment also varies considerably by population group. While earlier research examined the factors behind population group differences in high school completion and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Latin Americans, Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees
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Archer, Louise; Godec, Spela; Holmegaard, Henriette Tolstrup – Science Education, 2023
Reducing rates of degree non-completion and widening participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) are key international policy concerns. This paper analyzes open-ended response survey data from 1886 degree students in England, focusing on the 27% (n = 136/501) STEM and high-status medicine (STEMM) degree students and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Medical Education, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Jiesi Guo; Herbert W. Marsh; Philip D. Parker; Xiang Hu – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
Our study is among the first to provide a comprehensive review of cross-national patterns of gender differences in various STEM-related constructs--achievement, beliefs, attitudes, aspirations, and participation, concerning country-level gender equality. We complement our review with empirical analyses utilizing rigorous methodologies and richer…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, STEM Education, Beliefs, Student Attitudes
Aneta Bonikowska; Tomasz Handler; Marc Frenette – Statistics Canada, 2024
Given the large differences in educational attainment observed across non-Indigenous population groups in Canada, understanding when these differences emerge and what may explain them is an important first step in informing policy discussions on the issue. Using the British Columbia kindergarten to Grade 12 dataset, the Postsecondary Student…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Enrollment, Blacks, Latin Americans
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Kumaraguru Mahadevan; Noal Atkinson – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2024
This paper examines the demographic factors of the subjects enroled and completed by an hyperflexible online MBA Leadership (L) programme for 1034 students at Central Queensland University using the deductive research methodology and statistical analysis. Australian-born students are influenced by their industry experience when enroling in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Demography, Individual Characteristics, Masters Programs
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Addison, Letetia; Williams, Densil – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to provide a parsimonious but rigorous model to assist decision-makers to determine critical factors which can lead to higher graduation rates amongst higher education institution (HEI) participants. It predicts the odds of dropout amongst university students, using HEI data from a developing country. This is used as a…
Descriptors: Prediction, School Holding Power, College Students, Graduation Rate
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Jasinska-Maciazek, Aleksandra; Hawrot, Anna; Marchlik, Paulina; Tomaszewska-Pekala, Hanna; Zóltak, Tomasz – Research Papers in Education, 2022
The aim of the study was to assess the scale of various interrupted schooling trajectories among Polish youth, and to identify the differences and similarities between students following these trajectories and their reasons for interrupting education. In a dataset of 5,414 young Polish adults, we identified 343 (6.3%) learners who left…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Dropouts, Reentry Students
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Anne Karttunen; Airi Hakkarainen; Leena Holopainen – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine how adolescents' school burnout profiles relate to perceived learning difficulties and delayed graduation in upper secondary education. Adolescents (N = 485, mean age 15.7 years) living in a mid-sized city in Finland completed questionnaires during their upper secondary education in either the…
Descriptors: Burnout, Learning Problems, Educational Attainment, Secondary School Students
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Leslie Morrison Gutman; Fatima Younas – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
In UK universities, there is a long-standing gap in degree award outcomes for undergraduate students with white British students more likely to graduate with a 'good degree' (first or upper second class) than British students from minority ethnic backgrounds. Given its complex, systemic nature, researchers have highlighted the importance of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minority Group Students, Ethnic Groups, Undergraduate Students
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Killingsworth, Brenda L.; Mansaray, Mahmud A.; Rhodes, Len – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2018
Graduation efficiency is of top concern for institutions of higher education throughout the world. Increasingly, accountability metrics have come under scrutiny as policymakers seek to ensure public resources are efficiently used. Traditionally, higher education policymakers in the USA and Europe have used graduation rate as an accountability…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Higher Education, Accountability, Efficiency
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Bindeswar Prasad Lekhak – Journal of Education and Learning, 2023
The primary objective of this study is to examine the relationship between education aid and different levels of schooling, specifically primary, secondary, and tertiary education, from a gender perspective, with a particular focus on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) four. The study is structured into three main parts: the analysis of female…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance
Van Bussel, Melissa; Fecteau, Eric – Statistics Canada, 2022
This fact sheet explores the association between parental income and the pathways of young adults in postsecondary education for students who began their studies in the 2012/2013 academic year. Students from low-income families have previously been shown to have lower rates of educational access and attainment. This fact sheet focuses on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Educational Indicators, Graduation Rate, College Students
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Facchini, Marta; Triventi, Moris; Vergolini, Loris – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
In this work, we investigate whether grants improve the academic outcomes of students from socio-economically disadvantaged families and thereby reduce inequalities of educational opportunities. We focus on Italy, which is characterized by high dropout rates, prolonged duration of higher education studies and considerable social inequalities in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grants, Outcomes of Education, College Students
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